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loveshy

loveshy is the alternative form of love-shy.

Meaning of love-shy

Adjective

love-shy (comparative love-shier or love-shyer, superlative love-shiest or love-shyest)

  1. Ineffectual at courtship or attaining sexual intercourse.

See all 2 meanings of love-shy

Forms of loveshy

comparativemore loveshy
superlativemost loveshy

Questions about loveshy

What is loveshy the alternative form of?
Loveshy is the alternative form of love-shy.

Words near loveshy in the dictionary

  1. loves up
  2. loveseat
  3. loveseats
  4. loveship
  5. loveships
  6. loveshy
  7. lovesick
  8. lovesickly
  9. lovesickness
  10. lovesicknesses
  11. lovesmith

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loveshy (page history and authors); love-shy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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